Elon Musk makes little-noticed visit to White House

Elon Musk made a little-noticed visit to the White House on Thursday, though it’s unclear who the Tesla Inc. chief executive met with or what his purpose was.

A White House spokeswoman told MarketWatch Musk was at the White House but didn’t meet with either President Donald Trump or Vice President Mike Pence. A Tesla
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spokeswoman said she had no comment.

Late last month, the Securities and Exchange Commission reached a settlement of fraud charges with Tesla and Musk, which forced his removal as chairman from the company’s board as well as the payment of $40 million in penalties. Musk and Tesla will pay $20 million each. The case involved statements Musk made on Twitter that regulators said were misleading.

Musk, also the chief executive of privately held SpaceX, isn’t a stranger to the White House. He served on Trump’s presidential councils but quit in June 2017 after Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord.

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